INSIDE Pitt offers reward for bomb threat information...... 2 Big Idea Competition...... 5 PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume XIII • Number 9 • April 2, 2012 Three Pitt Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships The winners bring Pitt’s total number of Goldwater Scholars since 1995 to 38 lege,” said Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg. “Our enviable record of student scholarships since 1995— including four Rhodes, six Marshalls, five Trumans, six Udalls, a Gates Cambridge and a Churchill, and, now, 38 Goldwaters—reflects both the talent and hard work of the individual student schol- ars and Pitt’s commitment to excellence in undergraduate education. We are extremely proud of Matthew, Naomi, and Paras and congratulate CHIRDON CHRIS PHOTOS BY CHRIS CHIRDON CHRIS BY PHOTOS each of them for extending Keely McCaskie Naomi Latorraca Paras S. Minhas Matthew A.B. Schaff Pitt’s legacy of student suc- cess.” By Patricia Lomando White “The excitement that these three students have for Pitt Chancellor’s Scholar University of Pittsburgh students in the natural sciences. All three of Pitt’s their research is apparent and contagious,” Naomi Latorraca, a junior majoring in 2012 Goldwater Scholars are enrolled in said Edward M. Stricker, dean of the Uni- molecular biology and history with a minor the University’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School versity Honors College, Distinguished Wins Udall Scholarship in chemistry; Paras S. Minhas, a junior of Arts and Sciences and were nominated University Professor of Neuroscience, and By Patricia Lomando White majoring in microbiology with minors in for the scholarships through the auspices of Bernice L. and Morton S. Lerner Chair at Pitt’s University Honors College. mathematics and chemistry; and Matthew Pitt. “Moreover, their intellectual scope University of Pittsburgh junior and A. B. Schaff, a junior majoring in neurosci- “Attracting and educating some of the includes an admirable combination of mul- most talented students in the world have Chancellor’s Scholar Keely McCaskie— ence and economics, have been named 2012 tidisciplinary academic achievement and who is working toward a Bachelor of Phi- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship winners become defining characteristics of the University of Pittsburgh and its Honors Col- losophy degree in international area studies for their exceptional independent research Continued on page 3 with a concentration in sustainability in Latin America in Pitt’s University Honors College and bachelor’s degrees in environ- mental studies and in sociology in the Uni- versity’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts Alumnus and U.S. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, 43rd Army and Sciences—has received a Morris K. Udall Scholarship, established by Congress Surgeon General, to Be Speaker at Pitt Commencement April 29 in 1992 to honor former Arizona Congress- man Morris K. Udall (1922-98). McCaskie’s By John Harvith and Patricia Lomando White excellent academic record and research on the environment helped her earn the award. U.S. Lieutenant General Patricia D. that the new Army Surgeon General will be “The highly competitive Udall Scholar- Horoho (NURS ’92G), the 43rd Army an inspirational speaker for our graduating ship recognizes outstanding student lead- Surgeon General and the commander of students, their families and friends, and Pitt ers who, through their breadth of study, the U.S. Army Medical Command, will faculty, staff, and alumni in the audience. interests, and activities, have exemplified be the featured speaker at the University A respected national leader who serves as exceptional commitment to environmental, of Pittsburgh’s 2012 Commencement on a model for aspiring women of achieve- tribal public policy, and Native American April 29. She became ment, Patricia Horoho is health care,” said Pitt Chancellor Mark A. the first woman and the emblematic of what an Nordenberg. “Chancellor’s Scholar Keely first nurse to hold these “A respected national individual with a pas- McCaskie is the perfect choice for this positions when she was sionate mission, tireless prestigious award. We congratulate her and sworn in on Dec. 7, 2011, leader who serves as persistence, and intense applaud her contributions to environmental following her nomination personal dedication and issues.” by President Obama and a model for aspiring integrity can attain with “Keely is a remarkable student,” said her confirmation by the women of achieve- a Pitt education. It will Edward M. Stricker, dean of the University U.S. Senate. be a privilege to welcome Honors College, Distinguished University The ceremony, which ment, Patricia Horoho is this distinguished Pitt Professor of Neuroscience, and Bernice L. will include the presenta- nursing alumnus back to and Morton S. Lerner Chair at Pitt. “She’s tion to the Army Surgeon emblematic of what an campus as our Universi- a strong, articulate advocate for social and General of an honorary ty’s 2012 commencement environmental justice that is achieved by doctoral degree, will individual with a pas- speaker.” change through empowerment. She pos- begin at 1 p.m. in the From the position of sesses an extraordinary ability to find allies Petersen Events Center, sionate mission, tireless U.S. Army staff nurse in Patricia D. Horoho who share her vision that the people most with doors opening at 11 persistence, and intense 1982, Horoho has risen impacted by environmental policy decisions a.m. Horoho was honored to serve in many lead- commander. should be listened to.” as a 2012 Distinguished personal dedication and ership roles, including While holding the rank of colonel, McCaskie’s career goal is to lead initia- Alumni Fellow during commander of the West- Horoho became the first woman and first tives in the nonprofit sector that build capac- the University’s annual integrity can attain with ern Regional Medical nurse to command the Walter Reed Health ities of communities facing disproportionate Honors Convocation on Command in Fort Lewis, Care System. She coordinated the health environmental burdens and to advocate for Feb. 24, an event that a Pitt education.” Wash; commander of the care needs of approximately 150,000 service policies that more equally represent them. inaugurated Pitt’s 225th —Mark A. Nordenberg Madigan Army Medi- personnel, family members, and retirees in As a Pitt sophomore and intern at the anniversary celebration, cal Center in Tacoma, the national capital area and oversaw an Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental which continues through Wash.; commander of integrated health system that included its Education and Research at Carnegie Mellon Homecoming Weekend in October. the Walter Reed Health Care System; and hub, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and University, McCaskie conducted the self- “Lieutenant General Horoho cites as one commander of the DeWitt Health Care 10 military facilities in Maryland, Virginia, designed research study “Green Jobs for of the models for her inspirational lifetime Network at Fort Belvoir, Va. She also was and Pennsylvania. Lower Income Communities: Obstacles and of leadership in military health care her Pitt deputy surgeon general in the Office of the When two aircraft collided in midair at Solutions.” She also assessed the MOVE-IT trauma instructor, Pitt alumnus Elizabeth Surgeon General and 23rd Chief of the U.S. Pope Air Force Base in 1994, Horoho was green jobs training program implemented L. Noroian Graham,” said Pitt Chancellor Army Nurse Corps, and she was deployed Mark A. Nordenberg. “We, in turn, believe to Afghanistan as special assistant to the Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 2 • Pitt Chronicle • April 2, 2012 Patricia D. Horoho to Be Brieflynoted Speaker at Commencement Continued from page 1 one of the first medical personnel to respond Four Inaugural Lectures “Translational Stroke Research: An Expanding Black Hole,” Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays and triage the wounded, leading the emer- April 4, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery also will be open gency responders who cared for the critically Scheduled injured soldiers. She also took charge of the Gary A. Silverman, Magee/Twenty-Five Club from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. wounded when terrorists crashed a plane University of Pittsburgh Provost and Senior Professor of Newborn Medicine, Pitt School of Medicine, For more information, call 412-648-2430 or into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, and was Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson has announced “Of Mice, Worms and Men: The Necrosis in Necrotizing visit www.studioarts.pitt.edu. honored by Time Life Publications for her information on four Provost’s Inaugural Lectures that Enterocolitis Is Not a Done Deal,” April 9, Lecture Room 6, —Sharon S. Blake actions on that fateful day. will take place over the next two weeks. Scaife Hall. Horoho, a native of Fayetteville, N.C., All four lectures will be held at 4 p.m. The George Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor and now a resident of Virginia, enrolled in names of the professors and the titles, dates, and of History, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Pitt Offers Up to Pitt’s School of Nursing when she came to locations of their lectures follow. “Racial Inequality in Brazil and the United States, 1990- Pittsburgh to serve as nurse counselor of Jun Chen, Endowed Chair in Cerebrovascular 2010,” April 10, 2500 Posvar Hall. $10,000 for Bomb the 1st Recruiting Brigade. In addition to Yoel Sadovsky, Elsie Hilliard Hillman Chair in receiving her MS degree from Pitt, Horoho Disease Research, Pitt School of Medicine, Threat Information earned her BA degree from the University Women’s and Infants’ Health Research, Pitt School of of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Medicine, “Feto-Placental Defense: A Macro Role for resident graduate of the Army’s Command MicroRNAs,” April 12, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall. The University of Pittsburgh is offering and General Staff College and the Indus- a reward of up to $10,000 for information trial College of the Armed Forces, where leading to the arrest and conviction of she earned a second MS degree in national Studio Arts Student Exhibition anyone responsible for the recent bomb resource strategy. At Pitt April 4-28 A Pitt 2007 Legacy Laureate, Horoho threats on the University of Pittsburgh is a highly decorated officer of the armed The creative work of Pitt student artists will campus in Oakland. Pitt reserves the right services, with such honors as the Distin- be showcased in the annual Studio Arts Student to allocate the reward among multiple guished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit Exhibition, to be held April 4-28 in the University sources of information. [2 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLC)], the Bronze Art Gallery of the Frick Fine Arts Building. Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal Pitt is stating its appeal to the public (6 OLC), the Army Commendation Medal The artwork—including sculptures, to assist the University of Pittsburgh paintings, drawings, videos, prints, and digital (3 OLC), and the Armed Forces Expedi- Police and FBI with their investigation. tionary Medal. In 2002, she was among 15 imaging—represents the work of 28 seniors Any witness who was in the areas on the nurses selected by the American Red Cross expected to graduate this semester with majors in and Nursing Spectrum magazine to receive studio arts, as well as other students, both studio dates and at the times of the threats and national recognition as a “Nurse Hero.” She arts majors and nonmajors. Pitt’s Department of observed these threats being made or with was named 2009 USO Woman of the Year Studio Arts is part of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of 2information about who made these threats 3in recognition of her distinguished service. Arts and Sciences. is urged to contact the University of In 2010, the Uniformed Services University A public opening reception will take place from of Health Sciences appointed her as Distin- Pittsburgh Police Department, guished Professor in its Graduate School of 4 to 6 p.m. April 4 at the gallery. At noon on April 18, a 412-624-2121, or by e-mail at number of student artists will be on hand to discuss their Nursing, and she was awarded the Margaret artwork. [email protected]. Cochran Corbin Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution for her achieve- ments and influence on women leaders. She also is a member of the Uniformed Services University Board of Regents.

CHANCELLOR’S 225 Stories to Celebrate AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AWARD 20 12 Nominations are being solicited for this Universitywide award that recognizes a University program area or individual that has made a Insights into Society and Culture significant contribution in Affirmative Action. Among the factors to be considered in the selection process are: Giving Kids Their First Taste of Culture Innovative approaches to increasing diversity within the University community in areas such as recruitment, retention, pro- motion, academic and other programming, and business activities or enterprises; and How does a middle-school teacher interest students in the study of William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, A consistent record of commitment and success in affirmative and Rachel Carson? action efforts, diversity programs, and related initiatives within Many educators get a helping hand from Pitt’s the University community. Department of Theatre Arts, home to the popular Greater consideration will be given to those nominations that in- Shakespeare-in-the-Schools (SITS) program. Since clude multiple years of documented advancements for the review- the 1980s, members of Pitt’s theatre arts faculty, ing committee to consider. sometimes accompanied by community actors, Nominations can be made by individuals, groups, students, or have traveled to regional middle and high schools, alumni. Self-nominations are allowed. Please submit nominations offering an engaging production of Shakespearean to the Office of the University Senate, 1234 Cathedral of Learning, works designed specifically for young people. on or before May 1, 2012. The nomination should include: Whether it’s a modern adaptation of one of the The name, address, and phone number of the program area or classics or a production highlighting Shakespeare’s most individual being nominated; famous fights, SITS programming provides a fresh introduc- The name, address, and phone number of the nominator; tion to the Bard and other writers. For many students, it’s the A 3–5 page description of the program, initiative, effort, or first experience with live theater. individual contribution that warrants recognition for advancing SITS also offers matinees for students on the Pitt campus and ses- affirmative action; and sions with an acting coach for students preparing to perform Shakespeare. A supplemental dossier that, where possible, contains illustra- In recent years, SITS has added science and ecology to its offerings. tions, supportive information, and other relevant documenta- Darwin and the Kid is a fast-paced 40-minute introduction to the theories of tion on the impact of the program area or individual being Charles Darwin. And Lessons From the Birds is a puppet play that introduces nominated for this award. the spirit and legacy of Rachel Carson to elementary school children. For more information, contact the Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, 412 Bellefield Hall, 412-648-7860. For more stories about Pitt's legacy of achievement or to share your own stories about the University, visit www.225.pitt.edu. April 2, 2012 • University of Pittsburgh • 3 Three Pitt Students Receive Pitt Chancellor’s Scholar Wins Udall Scholarship Continued from page 1

Goldwater Scholarships by Heritage Community Initiatives in the low-income borough of Braddock, Pa. In Continued from page 1 focus groups, interviews, and surveys, Active in public service, McCaskie McCaskie talked one-on-one with 30 train- generosity of spirit. The fostering of excel- Diseases. ees, the majority of whom were unemployed. founded and served as president lence by the Goldwater program befits these In addition to winning the Goldwater McCaskie said she learned that “green” solu- students ideally. We’re very proud of them.” Scholarship, Minhas has been selected as tions must be based in the understanding of of Student Allies Intergroup Dia- The Goldwater Scholarship, established an Amgen Scholar, one of 20 individu- community members because they know logue, an organization that hosted in 1986 by the U.S. Congress in honor of als across the United States selected for best the needs and assets of their community. then-Senator Barry M. Goldwater (1909-98) an all-expense-paid research study at the During the summer of 2011, McCaskie workshops for students about social of Arizona to encourage outstanding stu- Massachusetts Institute of Technology this volunteered as an intern for the Indigenous dents to pursue careers in the fields of math- summer. Other awards include a 2011 Mayo Environmental Network (IEN) in Flagstaff, injustice and oppression. She is vice ematics, the natural sciences, and engineer- Clinic Summer Research Fellowship and Ariz., interviewing people in 40 Native ing, is awarded in either a student’s sopho- 2011 Pitt Honors Research and Chancellor’s American communities across the United president, community outreach more or junior year. The award goes toward Undergraduate Research Fellowships— States and Canada about such energy devel- covering tuition, room one of only a few Pitt opments as coal operations, oil refining, and chair, and political action vice chair and board, fees, and undergraduates in the uranium mining on their lands. The profiles of the Campus Women’s Organiza- books for each student The Goldwater Scholarship, University’s history to she gathered will be used in an IEN report recipient’s remaining receive both awards. to the Environmental Protection Agency. tion and a volunteer for Planned period of study. Institu- established in 1986 by A member of Pitt’s McCaskie also wrote the Climate Justice tions can nominate up William Pitt Debating and Indigenous Peoples Training Manual, Parenthood of Western Pennsyl- to four students for the the U.S. Congress in honor Union, Minhas earned which details activities to introduce audi- vania, and she was a community Goldwater Scholarship. of then-Senator Barry the College Exami- ences to climate change, its impact on Native Latorraca, a Pitt nation Debate Asso- American communities, and ways to develop liaison for the Free the Planet Envi- Chancellor’s Scholar M. Goldwater (1909-98) ciation Summa Cum just solutions. In addition, she led workshops from Madison, Wis., Laude Debate Scholar at the 16th annual Protecting Mother Earth ronmental Group and campus orga- is conducting research of Arizona to encourage award in 2011. Gathering in North Dakota attended by 800 under the direction of Minhas plans to people. IEN will continue to use the manual nizer for the Students in Solidarity Michael Grabe, a pro- outstanding students to obtain an MD/PhD in affected communities. fessor in Pitt’s Depart- in microbiology and McCaskie spent Fall Term 2011 in Ecua- with Service Workers campaign. ment of Biological Sci- pursue careers in the fields become a primary dor on a study-abroad culture and develop- ences and Department investigator of the eti- ment program. A result of that experience of Computational and of mathematics, the natural ologies of mental dis- is the research report titled “Redefining Solidarity with Service Workers campaign. Systems Biology. Pre- sciences, and engineering, is orders in an effort to Sustainable Development: Case Study of a She serves as a Spanish translator and tutor vious research training find cures for them. He Hydroelectric Dam.” at Pitt’s Falk School, a laboratory school includes an internship awarded in either a student’s hopes to one day lead Active in public service, McCaskie for educating students from kindergarten at the Max Planck Insti- his own laboratory and founded and served as president of Student through 8th grade and developing new and tute for Biophysical sophomore or junior year. teach in biomedical sci- Allies Intergroup Dialogue, an organization innovative practices and educational theory. Chemistry in Göttin- ences at the university that hosted workshops for students about Among McCaskie’s honors are a 2010 gen, Germany; partici- The award goes toward level. social injustice and oppression. She is vice Outstanding First Year Student Leader pation in First Experi- Schaff, a Pitt president, community outreach chair, and Award, a 2011 Mellon Foundation Award, ences in Research in covering tuition, room and Honors Scholar political action vice chair of the Campus and a 2010-11 People for the American Way Pitt’s School of Medi- board, fees, and books for from Strafford, Pa., Women’s Organization and a volunteer for Fellowship. cine; and work in Pitt’s is an undergraduate Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylva- McCaskie, a native of Wildwood, Mo., Molecular Biology each student recipient’s researcher in Pitt’s nia, and she was a community liaison for the says she is committed to the realization of Workshop. Neuropsychophar- Free the Planet Environmental Group and justice as a central component of environ- Among Latorra- remaining period of study. macology of Nicotine head campus organizer for the Students in mental policy. ca’s honors are a 2011- Addiction Laboratory. 12 Howard Hughes He studies the rein- Medical Institute (HHMI) Academic Year forcement-enhancing effects of nicotine Undergraduate Fellowship, a German on rats through operant conditioning tech- Academic Exchange Service–Research niques under the direction of Alan Sved, a Internships in Science and Engineering professor and chair in Pitt’s Department of Governor Tom Corbett Visits Pitt (DAAD-RISE) Fellowship, a Chancellor’s Neuroscience, and Eric Donny, a professor Undergraduate Research Fellowship, an in Pitt’s Department of Psychology. Schaff HHMI Summer Undergraduate Research also spent two summers conducting research Fellowship, and an Ella P. Stewart Award at the University of Pennsylvania’s Neuro- from Pitt’s biological sciences department, psychiatry Laboratory. presented to a first-year student for excep- An intern/contractor at The Foundation tional performance in introductory courses. for Biomedical Research in Washington, Latorraca plans to pursue a PhD in D.C., Schaff inaugurated the “Research biochemistry or biophysics that interfaces Outreach Initiative,” which encourages sci- with the areas of com- entists to perform K-12 putational and experi- outreach. He is a ser- mental biology. Ulti- vice volunteer in the Pitt mately, she would like Among Pitt’s 38 Goldwater Department of Biologi- to extend her research Scholarship honorees since cal Sciences and Clinical from the basic science and Translational Sci- of macromolecular 1995 are 2007 Rhodes ence Institute’s Mobile structure and function Science Lab Program. to an investigation of Scholar Daniel Armanios, Schaff’s honors include how minute changes the Center for Neurosci- on the molecular level 2006 Rhodes Scholar Justin ence Summer Under- lead to clinically rel- graduate Fellowship and evant pathologies. She Chalker, and 2007 Marshall the University Honors hopes to work in a uni- Scholar Anna Quider. College Fall Research versity setting and to Fellowship. He serves engage precollege stu- as president of the Pitt dents in experimental Neuroscience Club. science. Schaff plans to earn a PhD in neurosci- Minhas, a Pitt Honors Scholar from ence and to conduct research on the causes Bridgewater, N.J., has an extensive back- of drug abuse, directing the focus of his ground in undergraduate research, including future research toward understanding the service as a research fellow in the Kogod way the brain processes and responds to

Center on Aging at the Mayo Clinic in rewarding stimuli, particularly commonly MIKE DRAZDZINSKI/CIDDE Rochester, Minn.; conducting a pilot study abused stimulants such as nicotine and The governor traveled to the Pittsburgh campus on March 16 in response to an invitation from Nyasha Hungwe, president under the supervision of Arundhati Ghosh, cocaine. He hopes to teach at the university an assistant professor in Pitt’s Department of level. of Pitt’s Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA). Corbett spoke to an audience of 350 during a Pancakes and Biology; pursuing research in the Neurosci- Among Pitt’s 35 other Goldwater Schol- Politics event in the William Pitt Union's Assembly Room that was sponsored by the GPSA and the undergraduate Student ences Critical Care Unit at Johns Hopkins arship honorees since 1995 are 2007 Rhodes Government Board (SGB). Students asked numerous questions about the state’s proposed 30 percent cut in Commonwealth University in Baltimore, Md.; and working Scholar Daniel Armanios, 2006 Rhodes appropriations to the University. After the event, Gov. Corbett and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg visited Pitt’s Swanson in Pitt’s Department of Chemistry and Scholar Justin Chalker, and 2007 Marshall School of Engineering and its Center for Energy. Pictured, from left, are SGB President James Landreneau; Hungwe; Paul Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Scholar Anna Quider. Supowitz, Pitt’s vice chancellor for governmental relations; Nordenberg; and Corbett. 4 • Pitt Chronicle • April 2, 2012 Newsmakers

PITT TURKISH NATIONALITY ROOM JOINS THE FOLD

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1 MARK PERROTT The University of Pittsburgh’s Turkish Nationality Room was officially dedicated on March 4. 1. The room, designed to represent the main room in a traditional Turkish house with seating along the walls, is the newest addition to Pitt’s 27 existing Nationality Rooms, all but two of which serve as functioning classrooms for Pitt students. Planning for the room began in 2001. 2. Omer Akin, the room’s architect of record and a professor in Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture, answers questions about the room’s design. 3. Namık Tan, the Turkish L L U ambassador to the United States, cuts the room’s ribbon. To his U left stands Turkish Room Chair Malik Tunador. 3 SENAY ERG SENAY SENAY ERG SENAY

NEW BIOCONTAINMENT FACILITY Langley Hall’s new biocontainment facility is designed to provide a safe enclosure for researchers studying dangerous viruses and bacteria. The facility also includes state-of-the-art security measures and the latest infrastructure systems to provide researchers with fresh air without endangering occupants outside of the containment area. Additionally, there is a well-controlled system for showering before exiting this facility, complete with appropriate double locks and interlocks to protect the enclosed environment and researchers’ safety. Seen just outside the facility are, from left, Paula Grabowski, professor and chair in the Department of Biological Sciences; Graham Hatfull, Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology, HHMI Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson; and, N. John Cooper, Bettye J. and Ralph E. Bailey Dean of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.

UPG BLACK HISTORY MONTH Carol Mohamed, director of Pitt’s Office of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, delivered the

keynote address for the closing event of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg’s (UPG’s) celebration JIM CARVER of Black History Month. The Feb. 28 address was presented in the UPG Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center. In the photo below are, from left, Jacqueline Horrall, a professor of economics and chair of the Behavioral Science Division and chair of the UPG President’s Advisory Committee on Diversity The Power to Define Affairs; Sharon P. Smith, UPG president; Mohamed; and Samantha Ennis, a sophomore English writing major and winner of the 2012 Pitt-Greensburg Annual Media Contest. Jack L. Daniel (left), Pitt Distinguished Service Professor of Communication and former vice provost for undergraduate studies and dean of students at Pitt, delivered a March 13 Pitt Provost’s Inaugural Lecture titled “The Power to Define: Who Is an African/Black American?” in Posvar Hall. The Provost’s Inaugural Lectures are given by recently appointed distinguished professors and named/endowed chairs. As is tradition, Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson (right) presented Daniel with a medallion especially struck for the occasion. MARY JANE BENT/CIDDE April 2, 2012 • University of Pittsburgh • 5 Awards&more

Benedum Hall, the home of Pitt’s Swan- understanding of garden history and son School of Engineering, was honored as landscape studies. part of the Master Builders’ Association’s In Monument Wars, Savage tells the (MBA) 2011 MBA Building Excellence story of the National Mall, its historic Awards competition. Benedum Hall won the plans, its structures, and the dramatic “Renovation Construction Over $10 Million” shift in national representation through category. The contractor for the building’s the years, from the image of a single man, recent [2008-10] renovations was Volpatt often on horseback, to the commemora- Construction Corp. of Castle Shannon, and tion of common soldiers and citizens, the architect was Edge Studios of Pitts- and from monuments that celebrate vic- burgh. The MBA award was given for the tory to memorials that honor victims. Benedum’s first-phase renovations, which Savage explores the politics behind included Benedum Hall’s auditorium (both “national memory” and discusses events levels), first-floor adminis- that helped shape the Mall’s tration rooms, ground-floor evolution. classrooms, library, new base- “The book will make ment level with computer lab, you go back to the National some subbasement work, and Mall, but you’ll never again the fourth floor. Phase two see it in quite the same renovations are under way and light,” stated a review of will include a new basement the book in The Washington level as well as improvements Post’s Book World. to the third and sixth-through- In 2010, Savage 12th floors. received the Charles C. Eldredge Prize from the Kirk Savage has been Smithsonian American Art awarded the 2012 John Kirk Savage Museum for Monument Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Wars. Prize from The Foundation for Landscape Savage began writing about public Studies. Savage, a professor and chair in monuments and public spaces as a free- Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts lancer in the 1980s. He went on to earn and Sciences’ Department of the History of MA and PhD degrees in art history from Art and Architecture, received the award the University of California, Berkeley. The Nationality Rooms and for Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., His book Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Intercultural Exchange Pro- the National Mall, and the Transformation Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in grams have awarded 2012 John of the Memorial Landscape (University of Nineteenth-Century America (Princeton G. Bowman Faculty Grants to California Press, 2009). University Press) won the John Hope 10 Pitt professors in the Kenneth The $2,000 prize is awarded to an Franklin Publication Prize for the best P. Dietrich School of Arts and author of a recently published book that book published in American studies in Sciences. Each of the awardees has made significant contributions to the 1998. —Sharon S. Blake receives $2,000 to conduct research abroad for a class that is being taught or will be taught in the near future. The awardees and their countries of study are Pitt Students With Big Ideas to Compete April 4 for as follows: Christopher Arm- strong, director of architectural Start-Up Funds With Medical, Energy Innovations studies and an assistant profes- sor in the Department of History By Audrey M. Marks of Art and Architecture, Czech Republic and Slovenia; Joyce Student innovation and entrepreneur- types of diabetes; Bell, an assistant professor of ship will converge when Pitt’s Institute SensorTech, carbon nanotube sen- sociology, Dominican Repub- for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) sors that detect the presence of danger- Harvey S. Borovetz lic; Neil Doshi, an assistant hosts the 2012 Randall Family Big Idea ous gases, like hydrogen sulfide, at a professor of French, France; Bernard and the Robert L. Hardesty Professor in the Competition, beginning at 6 p.m. April fraction of the price of electrochemical Hagerty, a lecturer in the Department Department of Surgery in the Pitt School 4 in Ballroom B of the University Club. gas sensors; of History, Greece, Latvia, and Den- of Medicine, has received the 2012 Theo C. This is the fourth year SmartPace, a heart- mark; Hannah Johnson, an assis- Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award. of the Big Idea Com- imaging platform that tant professor of English, England; This national recognition is awarded by the petition, made possible Six student team assesses whether a patient Paula Kane, a professor and John American Society of Engineering Educa- through a leadership will benefit from a pace- and Lucine O’Brien Marous Chair tion’s Biomedical Engineering Division. gift from the Bob and finalists, emerging maker and, if beneficial, of Contemporary Catholic Studies in Borovetz, who is also a deputy director Rita Randall Family. business visionar- guides the surgeon during the Department of Religious Stud- within the Pitt-UPMC McGowan Institute The IEE is part of the implantation; ies, Italy and France; for Regenerative Medicine, University’s Joseph M. ies competing for TactSense Technol- John Lyne, a profes- focuses his research on the Katz Graduate School ogy, a tactile feedback sor of communication, design and clinical utiliza- of Business and College a total of $75,000, system for relaying the Switzerland; Svitlana tion of cardiovascular organ of Business Adminis- forces experienced by Maksymenko, a lec- replacements for both adult tration. have been chosen robotic surgical tools turer in the Department and pediatric patients. Six student team directly to a surgeon’s of Economics, Poland; finalists, emerging from ideas submit- fingertips; and Sabina von Dirke, a Steven A. Webber, a profes- business visionaries ted by 156 Pitt UV-Pods, market- professor of German, sor of pediatrics and clinical competing for a total ready, single-use sun- Germany; and A my and translational science in of $75,000, have been students. screen capsules designed Williams, an assistant the University of Pittsburgh chosen from ideas sub- to ensure that the right professor of music, Swit- School of Medicine, has been mitted by 156 Pitt stu- amount of sunscreen is zerland. named the Peter and Ada dents. The first-place prize will be applied by the user. Rossin Endowed Chair in $30,000. Descriptions of the student Additionally, 13 runner-up teams Harvey S. Borovetz, Steven A. Webber Pediatric Cardiology. Webber team projects follow: will compete in a WILDCARD round, Distinguished Professor and chair is chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiol- Drug Delivery Platform, a technol- with a chance to win $1,000. The in the Swanson School of Engineer- ogy at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of ogy that allows for controlled release of winner will be chosen by those who ing’s Department of Bioengineering, UPMC. The endowed chair is a jointly rec- protein therapeutics to specific tissues; attend the 6:40 p.m. Randall Family professor of chemical and petroleum ognized academic chair within Pitt’s School DVsphere, a revolutionary therapy Big Idea Competition showcase and engineering in the Swanson School, of Medicine and Children’s Hospital. to halt and potentially reverse certain vote for their favorite idea. 6 • Pitt Chronicle • April 2, 2012

Happenings Exhibitions Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt Studio Arts Student Exhibition, featuring creative works by graduating seniors alongside pieces by Studio Arts majors and nonmajors, April 4-28, free public opening reception 4-6 p.m. April 4, www.studioarts.pitt. edu.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Teenie Harris, Photographer: An Amer- ican Story, through April 7; Maya Lin, imaginative recreations of natural forms trans- formed into objects of con- templation, through May 13; Henri Matisse: The Thousand and One Nights, multipanel, painted-paper cutout, created when the artist was 81 and confined to his bed,April 7- July 15; Art in Bloom, featuring favor- ite works of art, fresh flowers, and an COURTESY OF AND ©CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH array of festivities, April 12-15; Hand Art in Bloom, Made: Contemporary Craft in Ceramic, Carnegie Museum of Art, Glass, and Wood, ongoing, 4400 April 12-15 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org. Carnegie Museum of Natural His- Westmoreland Museum of Ameri- tory, Warhol’s Cats and Dogs Series, can Art, The Art of Seating: 200 through June 30; M is for Museum, Years of American Design, includes through Aug. 30, 4400 Forbes Ave., The Jacobsen American Chair Collec- Oakland, 412-622-3131, cmnhweb@carn- tion, a comprehensive private collection egiemnh.org. of iconic and historic chairs from the mid-1800s to pieces from today’s studio movement, through April 8, 221 N. Lectures/Seminars/ Main St., Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmuseumaa.org. Readings

The Warhol, About Face, a series of “Dynamics, Data, and Noise in the three-dimensional large-format portraits Cognitive Sciences,” Anthony Chem- by photographer Anne Svenson; Warhol ero, associate professor of psychology, and Cars: American Icons, examining Franklin & Marshall College, 12:05 pm, Warhol’s enduring fascination with April 3, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt automobiles as products of American Center for Philosophy of Science, 412- consumer society, both 624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr. University Gamelan Concert, through May 13; I Just Want to Watch: War- an evening of music and dance from Indonesia, hol’s Film, Video, and Television, “Trends in Chinese Higher Educa- Bellefield Hall Auditorium, ongoing, 117 Sandusky St., North tion,” Ma Wanhua, professor, Peking April 14 Side, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org. University, China, noon April 4, 5604 Posvar Hall, 2012 Symposium Series, Hillman Library, an exhibition of Pitt Institute for International Studies in first editions and significant works of Education, http://iise.pitt.edu/sympo- Concerts famed novelist Charles Dickens, sium/2012. through May 1, Room 363; Pitt—225 “From Tikrit to Tripoli: Why Contrac- Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, per- Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, Years of Building Better Lives—1787- 2012, exhibition of vintage photo- tors Matter in International Peace forming a tribute concert to Hungarian PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, Operations,” Doug Brooks, president composer György Kurtág, 8 p.m. www.pittarts.pitt.edu. graphs, maps, and copies of front pages Garden Gate, traditional unaccompa- of Pitt’s two original state charters, on and founder, International Stability Opera- April 2, Pitt students free with ID, Belle- tions Association, 12:30 p.m. April 4, field Hall Auditorium, Music on the Edge Did You Hear the People Sing? nied ballads, folk songs, and tunes from loan from Pennsylvania’s state archives, the Southern Appalachians and the British through May 18, ground floor; also 3911 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Ford Institute for Series, Pitt Department of Music, 412- Celebrating Music From Les Mis, Human Security, Matthew B. Ridgway 624-4125, www.proartstickets.org. Miss Saigon, and More! Conductor Isles, noon April 13, free, Cup & Chau- on display in glass Audubon case are cer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, actual front pages of Pitt’s original state Center for International Security Studies, Jack Everly with an ensemble of vocal- www.gspia.pitt.edu. The Moody Blues, in conjunction with ists performing music from the Broadway Emerging Legends Series, Calliope: charters, University’s 225th anniversary The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, commemoration, through May 18, the 45th anniversary of the rock band’s composing team of Schoenberg and Oonya Kempadoo, reading and discus- landmark album Days of Future Passed, Boublil, April 12-14, Heinz Hall, University of Pittsburgh Library 412-953-3298, [email protected]. System, www.calliopehouse.org/ sion with the novelist and screenwriter, 8 p.m. April 2, Benedum Center, 237 7th 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, PNC 4:15 p.m. April 4, 501 Cathedral of St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Pittsburgh Symphony Pops, Pitts- legends.htm. The Frick Art & Historical Center, Draw Me a Story: A Century of Chil- Learning, Pitt Department of English, and Steve Litman Presents, 412-456- burgh Symphony Orchestra, 412- Center for Latin American Studies, Pitt’s 6666, www.trustarts.org. 392-4900, www.pittsburghsym- Pat Donohue and Mike Dowl- dren’s Book Illustration, survey of ing, musical performances ranging drawing styles and techniques spanning Contemporary Writers Series, spuri@pitt. phony.org, PITT ARTS Cheap edu. Gregory Porter, Grammy-nominated Seats, 412-624-4498, www. from swing to jazz and bottleneck blues, more than 100 years, including water- vocalist, 8 p.m. April 3, Cabaret at The- pittarts.pitt.edu. opening act Phil Smith and Steve Weber, colors, pen drawings, and experimental 7:30 p.m. April 14, Carnegie Lecture combinations from artists like Ran- “The Invention of the Human in ater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Early China: Rereading the Ana- BNY Mellon JazzLive, Pittsburgh Cultural Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Calliope dolph Caldecott, Chris van Allsburg, Acoustic Masters Series, Calliope: The Ernest Shepard, and Maurice Sendak, lects of Confucius,” Vincent Leung, Pitt Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org. assistant professor of history, noon Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.cal- through May 20, 7227 Reynolds St., liopehouse.org/legends.htm, PITT ARTS Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, www. April 5, 4130 Posvar Hall, Asia Over Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers, Lunch Series, Pitt Asian Studies Center, banjo players, noon April 6, free, Cup Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www.pittarts. thefrickpittsburgh.org. Mark Tamsula pitt.edu. 412-648-7370, [email protected]. & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman and Richard Withers, Library, Emerging Legends Series, Cal- August Wilson Center for African Cup & Chaucer Café, Matthew Shipp Trio, acclaimed New American Culture, Josh Gibson: liope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, April 6 University of Pittsburgh Library System, York avant-garde jazz pianist, 8 p.m. Negro League Legend, features a 100- Josh Gibson: Negro League Legend, www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm. April 14, First Unitarian Church, 605 year timeline and photographs of the August Wilson Center for Morewood Ave., Shadyside, The Consor- life of Negro League baseball player African American Culture, GSFA Guitar Night, Ken Karsh, jazz tium Jazz Series, 412-361-2262, www. Josh Gibson and his continuing legacy, through June 30 guitarist; Ricardo Marlow, flamenco gui- garfieldartworks.com. through June 30; Strength in the tarist; Doug Edgell, acoustic guitarist; and Struggle: Civil Rights featuring two Thomas Kikta, classical guitarist, University Gamelan Concert, evening distinct displays with text, photography, 8 p.m. April 7, Pittsburgh Center for the of music and dance from Indonesia, memorabilia, and film related to the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside, Guitar 8 p.m. April 14, Pitt students free with civil rights movement and women’s Society of Fine Art, 412-396-5486, www. ID, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt movement in Pittsburgh and the nation gsfapittsburgh.org. Department of Music, 412-394-3353, from 1967 to 1987, through www.proartstickets.org. June 30, 980 Liberty Ave., Down- 2012 Honors Recital, featuring per- town, 412-258-2700, www. formances by some of Pitt’s outstanding Heinz Chapel Choir, annual free spring augustwilsoncenter.org. undergraduate music students, 8 p.m. concert of a cappella music from around April 9, free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, the world, 3 p.m. April 15, free, Belle- Hunt Institute for Pitt Department of Music, 412-624-4125. field Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department Botanical Documenta- of Music, www.music.pitt.edu. tion, Native Pennsylva- Chuchito Valdes Trio, acclaimed Latin nia, A Wildflower Walk, jazz pianist, 8 p.m. April 10, Cabaret at Graduate Student Composers collaborative exhibition Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Down- Concert, IonSound Project, Pitt’s between Hunt Institute town, BNY Mellon JazzLive, Pittsburgh ensemble-in-residence, performing and Carnegie Museum of Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www. new music by Pitt graduate-student Natural History, through trustarts.org. composers, 8 p.m. April 16, free, June 29, 5th floor, Hunt Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 412-624- Library, Carnegie Mellon Anoushka Shankar, Sitar player and 4125. University, 4909 Frew St., composer well known for both her recitals Oakland, 412-268-2434, and her own classical Indian works, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu. 7:30 p.m. April 12, Byham Theater, 101 edu. Sixth St., Downtown, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series, Pittsburgh Cultural April 2, 2012 • University of Pittsburgh • 7

Miscella- neous “Secularism on Campus,” leaders of national secular campus groups gather to discuss the impacting of such organizations on campus life, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 3, Clapp Hall Auditorium, free for University students, $20 for general public, Center for Inquiry Institute, Pitt Secular Alliance, School of Information Sciences, http://action.centerfo-

rinquiry.net/site/Calen COURTESY OF AND ©CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH dar?id=102421&view Carnegie Museum of Art, =Detail. Claude Monet's Waterlilies, Permanent Collection, 2012 Randall ongoing Family Big Idea Competition, featur- ing student entrepreneurs from across play, 8 p.m. April 6-7, August Wilson Carol A Janney, Graduate School of Hermancia S. Eugene, School of Medi- the University with six finalists vying Center for African American Culture, Public Health’s Department of Epidemiol- cine’s Molecular Virology and Microbiol- for a $30,000 top prize, 6 p.m. April 4, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh ogy, “Physical Activity in Overweight ogy Graduate Program, “Developing a free, University Club, Pitt Institute for Dance Council, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and Obese Adults With Schizophrenia and Broadly Reactive HIV-1 Envelope Vac- Entrepreneurial Excellence, reservations 412-456-6666, www.trustarts.org, PITT Schizoaffective Disorders,” 10 a.m. cine,” 1 p.m. April 11, 1195 Starzl Bio- required, www.business.pitt.edu/student- ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www. April 2, A622 Crabtree Hall. medical Science Tower. entrepreneurs/bigidea/index.php. pittarts.pitt.edu. S. Ayodamope Oluranti, Dietrich Michelle W. Moore, School of Health “Canvassing Clutter: Hartford Part- Harvest, a dark satire set in near-future School’s Department of Music, “Poly- and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department nership Fellowship Presentation Mumbai, India, through April 7, Henry rhythm as an Integral Feature of African of Communication Science and Disorders, 2012,” presented by students in Pitt’s Heymann Theatre in Stephen Foster Pianism: Analysis of Piano Works by “Differences Between Early-Developing School of Social Work to raise awareness Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412- Akin Euba, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Joshua and Late-Developing Phonemes in Pho- about hoarding and distribute information 624-7529, www.play.pitt.edu. Uzoigwe,” 2 p.m. April 2, 302 Music nological Processing,” 1 p.m. April 11, about the disorder, 8:30 a.m. April 11, Building. 4065 Forbes Tower. 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt School Around the World in 80 Days, classic of Social Work, 412-901-6737, mcb64@ Jules Verne novel brought to theatrical Thistle Elias, Graduate School of Public Rohan Raoul Manohar, School of pitt.edu. life, April 12-May 13, O’Reilly Theater, Health’s Behavioral Community Health Medicine’s Cellular and Molecular Pathol- 621 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Sciences Program, “Beyond Mom: ogy Graduate Program, “Isolation and Heinz Chapel Choir, 2-Mile Walk for Congo Women, to Public Theater, 412-316-1600, www.ppt. Promoting a Public Health Perspective Expansion of a Unique Stem Cell Popula- Bellefield Hall Auditorium, raise awareness of women’s plight of org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624- on Meeting the Needs of ‘Neglected’ tion From Human and Mouse Gallblad- April 15 torture and rape in Democratic Republic 4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Children,” noon April 3, A523 Graduate ders,” 2 p.m. April 12, 402 Bridgeside of Congo with all proceeds benefiting the School of Public Health. Point II. Women for Women International’s Congo Coppélia, comedic ballet set to music by Ron Carlson, reading and discussion Program, 9:15 a.m. April 14, Jenny King Leo Delibes and filled with lighthearted Matthew Casey, Dietrich School’s Amanda Ortmann, School of Health with the author, 8:30 p.m. April 5, Frick Mellon Library parking lot, Chatham and playful antics, April 13-15, Ben- Department of History, “From Haiti to and Rehabilitation Sciences, “The Impact Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s Contemporary University’s Feminist Activist Creating edum Center, 237 7th St., Downtown, Cuba and Back: Haitians’ Experiences of Spectrally Asynchronous Delay on the Writers Series, Pitt Department of Eng- Equality (F.A.C.E) Organization, register Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 412-281-0360, of Migration, Labor, and Return, 1900- Intelligibility of Conversational Speech,” lish, 412-624-6508, www.pghwriterseries. at event or online at http://walkforcongo- www.pbt.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 1940,” 1p.m. April 4, 3703 Posvar Hall. 10 a.m. April 13, 4014 Forbes Tower. wordpress.com. womenchathamuniversity.eventbrite.com 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. or [email protected]. Yi-tze Lee, Dietrich School’s Depart- Justin Laferrier, School of Health and “Empires of the Past and Present: The Electric Baby by Stephanie ment of Anthropology, “Divided Dreams Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Is the EU a New Empire?” sympo- TIES Informational Luncheon for Zadravec, tale of urban folklore connect- on Limited Land: Cultural Experiences Rehabilitation Science and Technology, sium with featured presenters from Pitt’s Researchers and Research Assis- ing title character’s Romanian mother and of Agricultural Bioenergy Project and “Investigation of the Effects of Sports, Department of History, including Patrick tants, talk on Text Information Extrac- Nigerian father with colorful Americans Organic Farming Transition in Taiwan,” Exercise, and Recreation (SER) on Psy- Manning, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of tion System (TIES), Rebecca Crowley, in Pittsburgh, through April 22, The 2:30 p.m. April 4, 3106 Posvar Hall. chosocial Outcomes in Individuals With World History; Martha Chaiklin, assistant director, Department of Biomedical Infor- Waldorf School, 201 S. Winebiddle St., Disabilitites,” 11 a.m. April 13, 4065 professor; and Peter Karsten, professor, matics Graduate Training Program, Pitt Bloomfield, Quantum Theatre, 412-362- Mary Ober, Dietrich School’s Depart- Forbes Tower. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 6, 4217 Posvar Hall, School of Medicine, 11 a.m.-noon 1713, www.quantumtheatre.com, PITT ment of Music, “L’écriture chantée: 2012 Jean Monnet Symposium, Pitt Euro- April 23, Magee-Womens Hospital, ARTS Cheap Seats, 412-624-4498, www. Inherent Multimodality in the Prosody of Kerrith Livengood, Dietrich School’s pean Union Center of Excellence, Euro- Conference Room CR2131, open to Pitt pittarts.pitt.edu. Fauré’s Mélodies,” 6 p.m. April 4, 302 Department of Music, “What a ‘Thump’ pean Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/ and UPMC faculty, staff, and students, Music Building. Means: Morton Feldman’s Treatments of euce/content/empires-past-and-present. registration required, http://ties.upmc.com/ Ruthless! The Musical, featuring crazy Samuel Beckett’s ‘Texts’ and ‘This Report register/index.html, 412-623-4753. antics of a homicidal eight-year-old aspir- Kathleen Gray, Dietrich School’s Must Be Signed By Your Parents’ for “Divination and Its Mirrors: ing actress, through May 6, CLO Caba- Department of Sociology, “Negotiating Orchestra,’” 2 p.m. April 13, 114 Music Patrons, Consumption, and Control ret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Race Talk: How Whites Hide Racial Privi- Building. in South Korea,” David J. Kim, Pitt Opera/Theater/ CLO Cabaret, www.pittsburghclo.org, lege and Structural Inequality,” 2:30 p.m. postdoctoral fellow in anthropology, noon 412-325-6766, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, April 5, 2432 Posvar Hall. April 6, 4130 Posvar Hall, East Asian Dance 412-624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Languages and Literatures Colloquium, Oliver Bateman, Dietrich School’s [email protected]. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Department of History, “Law, Society, and based on Academy Award-winning ani- Pitt PhD Judicial Politics: State Supreme Courts “Legal Professional Privilege: Com- mated feature film,April 3-8, Heinz and the Pursuit of Educational Equity,” 10 paring Different Approaches Within Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, PNC Dissertation a.m. April 6, 3703 Posvar Hall. the United States and the European Broadway Across America, Pittsburgh Union,” Matt Zwick, Pitt law student, Cultural Trust, 412-456-6666, www.trust- Defenses Tammy M. Haley, School of Nursing, and David Rosenberg, Pittsburgh attorney, arts.org, PITT ARTS Cheap Seats, 412- “Personal, Environmental, and Behavioral noon April 10, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pizza 624-4498, www.pittarts.pitt.edu. Carolyn Elliott, Kenneth P. Dietrich Factors Influencing Condom Use in Rural & Politics Series, Pitt European Union School of Arts and Science’s Department Youth,” 10 a.m. April 6, 459C Victoria Center of Excellence, Pitt Law School Last Touch First, dance performance of English, “Poetic Inquiry,” 9:30 a.m. Building. International Center for Legal Education, with characters moving surrealistically April 2, 501 Cathedral of Learning. www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/content/upcom- back in time to 19th-century Victorian Jonathan Feinberg, Dietrich School’s ing-events. atmosphere reminiscent of a Chekhov Department of English, “Beckett and Europe: Poesis, Legibility, History,” 10 “Gender-Based Violence: An Impor- a.m. April 9, 501 Cathedral of Learning. tant Neglected Factor in High-Risk Sexual Behavior Amongst Vulner- Wenzhu Bi, Graduate School of Public able Populations (LGBT and Com- Health’s Department of Biostatistics, mercial Sex Workers) in India,” “Enhancements of Sparse Clustering With Mythili Ramakrishna, Heinz Fellow, Resampling and Considerations on Tuning Pitt University Center for International Parameter,” 10:30 a.m. April 9, A622 Studies, 4 p.m. April 12, 4130 Posvar Crabtree Hall. Hall, Global Issues Lecture Series, Pitt University Center for International Stud- Christopher House, Dietrich School’s ies, Global Studies Center, 412-383-3602, Department of Communication, [email protected]. “Rhetoric(s) of the Black Church: Sex, Religion, and HIV/AIDS Across the Afri- “Let’s Talk Diversity,” a symposium can Diaspora,” 11 a.m. April 9, 1109B featuring a panel discussion with five Cathedral of Learning. Pittsburgh executives with employment diversity responsibilities, 3 p.m. April 13, Sonya B. Giridhar, Pitt Center for Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, Barco Law Neuroscience, “Odors, Timescales, and Building, Pitt School of Law, Working Inhibition: Mechanisms and Function of Diversity, Inc., free to public but advance Long-Latency Interneuron Recruitment in registration suggested, www.workingdi- the Olfactory Bulb,” 1 p.m. April 9, 2nd- versity.org. Floor Auditorium, Learning Research and Development Center. “Fusion Music and Contemporary Korean Cultural Identity,” R. Ander- Yahya Laayouni, Dietrich School’s son Sutton, professor of music, University Department of French and Italian Lan- Coppélia, of Wisconsin-Madison, 4 p.m. April 13, guages and Literatures, “Redefining Beur Benedum Center, 132 Music Building, 412-624-4125. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Cinema: Constituting Subjectivity through April 13-15 Heinz Hall, Film,” 12:30 p.m. April 10, 1325 Cathe- April 3-8 dral of Learning.

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Pitt Students Present Campus ‘Go Green’ Initiatives at The 5th Annual Student Sustainability Symposium April 13 PittChronicle Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh By B. Rose Huber Today’s students understand that a The Student Sustainability Symposium PUBLISHER Robert Hill greener campus requires more than ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith turning off lights and recycling; it will feature such student-led projects EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer takes a significant effort to reduce EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet a university’s environmental foot- as a campuswide recycling competition ART DIRECTOR Gary Kohr-Cravener print. To that end, Pitt students STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake will present projects focused on in residence halls, the “greening” of John Fedele greening Pitt’s campus at the Pitt athletic events, and a sustainable B. Rose Huber 5th Annual Student Sustain- Audrey M. Marks ability Symposium, from 9 food education program. Hosted by Patricia Lomando White a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13 in the HAPPENINGS EDITOR Baindu Saidu William Pitt Union Ballroom. the Environmental Studies Program in The Student Sustainability Symposium will feature such Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by student-led projects as a cam- University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, puswide recycling competition in and Sciences, the symposium was initi- 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. residence halls, the “greening” of ated in 2007 by students and profes- Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895. Pitt athletic events, and a sustainable E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu food education program. Hosted by the sors from Pitt, Carnegie Mellon, and Environmental Studies Program in Pitt’s The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Duquesne universities in response to opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any Sciences, the symposium was initiated in basis prohibited by law. 2007 by students and professors from Pitt, the Rachel Carson Homestead Associa- Carnegie Mellon, and Duquesne universities in response to the Rachel Carson Homestead tion’s Legacy Challenge. Association’s Legacy Challenge. Sign-in and registration will take place from 8:30 to 9 a.m. At this time, a “Sustain- the Rachel Carson Institute, Chatham Uni- PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of A-Bowl” will be open to participants, fea- versity; Barbara Kviz, environmental coordi- Pitt Chronicle will be published April 16. turing student poster sessions and environ- nator, Carnegie Mellon University; Douglas Items for publication in the newspaper’s Happenings calendar (See pages 6-7) mental education booths built by Pitt student Shields, former Pittsburgh City Council should be received at least two weeks prior groups. Tables also will feature the work of events will be president; and Christie Lawry, education to the event date. Happenings items should such community environmental organiza- a series of stu- specialist, Phipps Conservatory. include the following information: title tions as Group Against Smog and Pollution dent presenta- The symposium will conclude with a of the event, name and title of speaker(s), (GASP), PennFuture, Phipps Conservatory tions and a panel Q&A forum titled “Where Do We Go From date, time, location, sponsor(s), and a and Botanical Gardens, and TreePittsburgh. featuring Pitt staff Here?” phone number and Web site for additional Following opening remarks by Mark members talking about Lunch will be provided by Sodexo information. Items may be e-mailed to Collins, lecturer and environmental studies campus green initiatives. and Oakland-area restaurants. For more [email protected], or sent by campus mail to coordinator in Pitt’s Department of Geology The afternoon sessions include an Eco information and to register for the confer- 422 Craig Hall. For more information, call and Planetary Science, Pittsburgh council- Jobs Panel with professionals from the Pitts- ence, contact Ward Allebach at allebach@ 412-624-1033 or e-mail [email protected]. man Bill Peduto (District 8) will deliver burgh sustainability community. Featured consolidated.net or 412-606-9075; walk-in the keynote address. Also part of the day’s panelists are Patricia Demarco, director of registrations will be accepted.